MULLIGHAN INQUIRY RECOMMENDATIONS

Mr GARDNER (Morialta) (14:39): My question is to the Minister for Education and Child Development. Why does the minister say that recommendation 19 of the Mullighan report has been completed? Recommendation 19 of the Mullighan report says that every positive result of screening tests for a sexually transmitted infection of a child on the lands should be immediately notified to Families SA even if the person reviewing the results has not formed the relevant suspicion under section 11 of the Children's Protection Act and that every result should also immediately be notified to the Department for Health. However, the annual report that the minister has just tabled identifies that, consistent with the practices of all other South Australian medical practitioners, the Nganampa Health Council is not obliged to make a child protection notification for every positive result of a screening test for a sexually transmitted infection for children under the age of 18.

The Hon. J.D. HILL (Kaurna—Minister for Health and Ageing, Minister for Mental Health and Substance Abuse, Minister for the Arts) (14:40): I am happy to answer the question for the member. The APY medical service which treats children on the APY lands, which is an independent Aboriginal controlled organisation, complies with the law in South Australia.

Members interjecting:

The SPEAKER: Order!